Publication Policy

Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research publishes works written in Turkish, while also publishing the abstracts of these works in English. Manuscript submission and tracking are conducted electronically through the DergiPark system at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/atad. Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research began publication in 1990. The journal features theoretical, conceptual, and applied studies in the field of tourism. It publishes peer-reviewed articles focusing primarily on tourism and related fields such as accommodation, travel, and food and beverage management, as well as on various disciplines closely related to tourism. Each submitted article is evaluated by at least two referees; if necessary, the Statistical Editor may also be consulted. Studies proposed for publication in the journal may be prepared on the following topics: Tourism; Business Management; Gastronomy and Culinary Arts; Economics; Management; Marketing; Sociology; Recreation; Leisure; Psychology; Geography; Communication; Environmental Engineering; Food Engineering; Finance; Accounting; Archaeology; History; Law; Planning; Anthropology; Political Science; Food and Beverage; Sports; Education; Religion; Architecture; Public Administration; Urban Planning; Linguistics; Art History; Promotion; Women’s Studies; Folklore; Econometrics; Industrial Engineering; Textiles; Natural History; Statistics; Biology; Landscape Architecture; Public Health; Nutrition and Dietetics; Hydro-Climatology; Environmental Design; International Relations; Health Administration; Family and Consumer Sciences; Finance Law; Hydrogeology; Physiotherapy; Interior Architecture; Computer Engineering; Home Economics; Labor Economics and Industrial Relations; Regional Studies; Museology; Handicrafts; and Interdisciplinary Studies.

It is a prerequisite that the subject and/or research application of the studies be related to or associated with the field or industry of tourism.

1. Journal title: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research has been published since 1990 as an interdisciplinary scientific/academic journal focusing on tourism research.

2. Frequency of publication: The journal is published twice a year, in April and October.

3. Type of publication: The journal is published in print and online (open access).

4. Publication language: The publication language of Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research is exclusively Turkish. Articles submitted in languages other than Turkish are not considered for publication. However, the titles, abstracts, and keywords of accepted articles are published in both Turkish and English. Other contributions, such as reviews, reports, and meeting abstracts, are published in Turkish, with their English titles, abstracts, and keywords also provided.

5. Number of articles in one issue: Each issue contains seven peer-reviewed articles and additional papers.

6. Manuscript evaluation process: All proposed manuscripts are first pre-evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscripts that pass the preliminary evaluation are submitted to the double-blind peer-review process. Through double-blind peer review, manuscripts are subjected to an objective evaluation based on their content. At least two academics serve as reviewers for each manuscript.

The manuscript evaluation process includes the following stages: The manuscript is submitted to the journal; the editors conduct a preliminary evaluation; manuscripts that successfully pass the preliminary evaluation are forwarded to the field editor; the field editor examines the manuscript and assigns two appropriate reviewers; the reviewers accept the invitation, complete their reviews, and submit their reports to the field editor through the system. At this stage, the manuscript may be accepted, the authors may be asked to make revisions, or the editors may decide to reject the manuscript.

In the case of rejection, a detailed and comprehensive justification explaining the weaknesses of the study is sent to the authors. Authors may use the information contained in the reasoned report to improve their manuscript before submitting it to another journal.

Authors are expected to comply with ethical rules concerning plagiarism, slicing, fabrication, manipulation, failure to disclose funding or support, and authorship issues (conflicts of interest, omission of authors, order of authors, intellectual rights of authors, etc.) in papers submitted to the journal. Before submission, papers should be scanned using “iThenticate: Plagiarism Detection Software,” and the report should be included in the submission documents. For the editorial process, the maximum acceptable similarity rate is 15%, excluding references and citations. In addition, the similarity rate with each individual source should not exceed 1%. Manuscripts with similarity rates above the specified limits will not be evaluated and will be rejected.

7. Reviewer list: The names of the academics who served as reviewers during the year and the number of manuscripts they reviewed are published as a list in the last issue of the year.

8. Time given to authors for revision: Authors are given thirty days to respond to pre-check and reviewer revision requests. If the authors do not submit the revised manuscript within this period, the manuscript is rejected.

9. Compliance with universal ethical rules: The journal management undertakes to comply with scientific and publishing ethical rules established at the universal level.

10. Editors’ responsibilities: Editors undertake to evaluate manuscripts submitted to the journal solely on the basis of their scientific content, regardless of the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political philosophies. All information concerning submitted manuscripts is kept confidential until publication.

Editors keep information and ideas obtained through peer review confidential and do not use them for personal benefit. They also ensure that field editors do not use such information for their personal benefit. Editors may not use manuscripts submitted to the journal, or any part of them, for their own research purposes. They also ensure that field editors and editorial board members do not do so.

Editors attach importance to ensuring that the content and quality of submitted manuscripts contribute to the scientific development of the tourism literature. The final publication decision is based on the importance of the topic, originality, contribution to the literature and practice, validity of the study, and suitability for the scope of the journal. Although the final decision is made by the editors, they may consult field editors and reviewers when making this decision.

Editors do not evaluate manuscripts submitted by authors with whom they have conflicts of interest arising from personal relationships. Such manuscripts are reviewed by field editors or members of the editorial board. The same rule applies if an editor has a conflict of interest with an institution or organization mentioned in the manuscript.

Editors undertake to prevent conflicts of interest or competition that may arise between authors and reviewers. Editors request that authors disclose any potential conflicts of interest prior to publication. If, after publication, a conflict of interest is identified that the authors failed to disclose in the manuscript, the article is retracted by the journal editor. The published article is marked as “retracted.”

11. Authors’ responsibilities: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research professionally manages every stage of the manuscript evaluation and publication processes. For this reason, authors, like editors and reviewers, are expected to undertake certain responsibilities. The journal’s expectations of authors are as follows:

• Authors should ensure the originality of manuscripts submitted to the journal. They should declare that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere in any language and has not been submitted to another journal for publication.
• Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the “author’s guidance”.
• When a manuscript is submitted through the submission system, the authors’ information and order should be entered carefully. If an error is made in the order of the authors, the order is changed, a new author is added, or an author is removed from the study, the editor should be informed. In such cases, the reason for the change in authorship status should be submitted to the editor in writing.
• Copyrighted materials, such as tables, figures, or other quotations, may be published only with valid permission and copyright approval. Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions and approval documents and submitting them to the journal.
• Permission must be obtained from the rights holders for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs, or visuals belonging to other researchers. The relevant permission document must be uploaded to the system at the time of manuscript submission.
• Authors must comply with Turkish language and expression rules throughout the manuscript. In addition, Turkish equivalents of foreign concepts and words that have commonly accepted equivalents in Turkish should be preferred.
• For editorial review, authors may be asked to share the raw data of the study with the journal editors. In such cases, authors are obliged to provide the data.
• Authors should cite references appropriately and indicate the relevant sources in accordance with the journal’s writing rules. For detailed information on references and citations, see the “author’s guidance”.
• Methodological and application-related information should be carefully explained in terms of “reproducibility” in applied studies and in relation to the subject and content of the manuscript.
• Authors should submit the revised manuscript through the submission system within the specified period, taking into account the revisions requested during the review process.
• The “response to reviewers” file should also be uploaded when the revised manuscript is submitted to the system. This file should include the authors’ revision notes and comments regarding the reviewers’ suggestions. An example of this file can be viewed here.
• Authors may not request information identifying the reviewers who evaluated their manuscripts. Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research applies a double-blind peer-review system.
• Authors should review the journal’s research ethics guidelines and act in accordance with the ethical rules.
• If the manuscript involves human participants, the authors must obtain ethics committee approval and upload the relevant document to the system together with the manuscript. In addition, the document number of the ethics committee approval should be stated in the manuscript.
• Persons or organizations that have made significant contributions to the research should be mentioned in the acknowledgement section of the manuscript. Financial support and project funding should also be disclosed in this section.
• If there is a conflict of interest, the authors should declare it at the time of submission. Based on the conflict-of-interest statement, the editor decides how to proceed with the manuscript. If there is no conflict of interest, the authors must state in the manuscript that no conflict of interest exists.
• The corresponding author assumes responsibility for the manuscript on behalf of the co-authors throughout the submission and publication processes. The corresponding author is also responsible for informing the co-authors about the process and evaluations concerning the manuscript.

12. Reviewers’ responsibilities: Manuscripts submitted to Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research that have passed editorial review are evaluated by expert reviewers. Reviewers invited by the editor accept the invitation through the journal system and assume responsibility for reviewing the manuscript. The review process is conducted through a double-blind peer-review system. At this stage, the expectations of Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research from reviewers are as follows:

• If reviewers believe that the content of a submitted manuscript falls outside their scientific field or area of expertise, or if they are unable to conduct a timely and comprehensive evaluation, they should inform the editor and request to withdraw from the review process.
• Every manuscript sent to reviewers is confidential; therefore, reviewers should not share or discuss manuscripts they have reviewed with anyone.
• Reviewers must upload their reports to the system within the specified period. In the event of a possible delay, the editor should be informed and an extension should be requested.
• Reviewers may not request access to information identifying the authors of the manuscript they are reviewing, and each study is evaluated anonymously.
• Reviewers are responsible for evaluating manuscripts in terms of scientific content and for contributing to the improvement of the quality of the study.
• Reviewers should clearly express their views on the study and support them with appropriate arguments. Reviewer reports should be objective, clear, understandable, and written in academic language.
• Reviewers should check the references and citations in the manuscript. Authors should be alerted to statements requiring citations. The editor should be informed if the manuscript contains copyright infringement or plagiarism.
• If it is determined that the manuscript contains significant similarities to another published paper, the editor should be informed.
• Reviewers may not use all or any part of the manuscripts they have reviewed, or materials used in those manuscripts, in their own studies.
• Reviewers should not evaluate a manuscript if they have a conflict of interest; if a conflict of interest is identified, the editor should be informed.

13. Publication fee: There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page charges for Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research.

14. Expertise in the use of the Turkish language: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research aims to contribute to the development of Turkish as a scientific language and expects authors to comply with Turkish language and expression rules in manuscripts submitted to the journal. Authors should use commonly accepted Turkish equivalents of concepts and words developed in foreign languages.

15. Publication of articles in subsequent issues: During the preliminary review of manuscripts submitted to the journal, the journal editor checks whether any articles by the author(s) have previously been published in Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research. If an article by the author(s) has previously been published in the journal, the volume and issue numbers of that article are recorded in the tracking chart.

Articles by the same author(s) cannot be published in consecutive issues. A new article by the same author may be published only in the second issue following the issue in which the previous article was published, even if the new article is co-authored with different authors. In such a case, if the manuscript is accepted, it is included among the articles ready for publication and placed in the publication queue.

16. Authorship of publications based on postgraduate theses: Manuscripts prepared on the basis of master’s or doctoral theses should be identified as such by the authors at the submission stage. In manuscripts prepared from theses, the student who prepared the thesis and the advisor (and, if applicable, the second official advisor) are recognized as authors.

If the thesis student wishes to submit a manuscript based on the thesis as the sole author, the student is expected to obtain a letter from the advisor stating that the advisor waives authorship rights and submit it to the journal editor at the time of submission. The same applies to the thesis advisor. If the advisor wishes to submit the manuscript alone, the advisor must obtain a letter from the thesis student waiving authorship rights and submit it to the journal.

17. Author ranking: Authors whose names appear on a manuscript submitted to the journal must have made a direct academic and scientific contribution to the research. The author(s) are required to identify all individuals who contributed to the manuscript submitted to the journal. Individuals who have made significant contributions to the manuscript should be listed as co-authors.

The consent of all co-authors must be obtained before the manuscript is submitted to the journal. Individuals who did not contribute directly to the manuscript but supported the research, for example by providing technical support or assistance during the reporting stage, should be listed in the acknowledgements/information section.

The order of authors should be determined by the joint decision of all authors. The author order should be specified in the file containing the author information. Requests to add or remove authors or change the author order will not be considered once the evaluation process has begun.

For manuscripts based on postgraduate theses, the student is listed as the first author. The thesis advisor is listed as the second author and, if applicable, the second advisor is listed as the third author. Situations and relationships that may constitute a conflict of interest should be disclosed during manuscript submission.

The journal management is not a party to disputes concerning authorship order that may arise after publication. In manuscripts with more than one author, one author should be designated as the “corresponding author.” The corresponding author should remain in contact with the editor/field editors from the evaluation stage through publication and should ensure that the other authors are kept informed throughout the process.

18. Withdrawal of an article: Author(s) have the right to withdraw their manuscripts before they are submitted for peer review. Once the peer-review process has begun, a manuscript cannot be withdrawn until the first decision has been received.

Author(s) who withdraw their manuscripts twice within five years are blacklisted, and manuscripts they subsequently submit are not considered. At the end of the evaluation process, author(s) wishing to withdraw their manuscripts should submit a signed document to the editor stating the reasons for withdrawal.

The editorial board should review the reasons for withdrawal stated by the authors and respond to the author(s) within 15 days at the latest. Studies for which the withdrawal process has not been completed and approved by the editorial board may not be submitted to another journal.

Authors should contact the editor if they identify errors in a published or early-view article. If plagiarism is suspected in a published article, an investigation is initiated by the journal’s editorial office. If, at the end of the investigation, it is decided that the article should be withdrawn, the author is informed through a detailed report prepared by the editorial office. In the electronic version, the word “Withdrawn” is added to the title of the article. A withdrawal notice is published on the journal’s website. The reason for the withdrawal is also published on the journal’s website, together with detailed supporting evidence.

19. Ethical standards: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research adopts the ethical standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The publication policies of Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research provide clear guidelines for authors. Ethical guidelines are also provided for journal editors and reviewers. Key ethical issues for authors are listed below.

Authorship: All authors credited in the manuscript are required to have contributed substantially to the work, which will undergo a rigorous review process. Contributions may relate to the theoretical framework of the research, research design, data analysis, or reporting. It is particularly important to avoid ghost authorship and gift authorship. All authors, including the corresponding author and co-authors, are equally responsible for the content and results of the published article.

Plagiarism: According to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), plagiarism occurs “when somebody presents the work of others (data, words or theories) as if they were his/her own and without proper acknowledgment.” In order to submit a manuscript to Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research, author(s) are required to provide appropriate citations for all types of works used in their research (e.g., graduate theses, proceedings, articles, books, etc.) and must not violate the intellectual property rights of other researchers. Author(s) should avoid any form of citation manipulation as described in the COPE Discussion Document. In addition, when quoting from the work of other researchers or from their own previous work, the following points should be observed:

• The source of the quotation should be clearly indicated both in the text and in the reference list.
• Permission should be obtained from the rights holder for previously published figures, tables, scales, etc., where required.
• Direct quotations should be presented in accordance with the journal’s rules.

Conflicts of Interest: Authors submitting a manuscript to Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest involving individuals, institutions, or organizations that directly or indirectly provide financial support for the research. If a conflict of interest is identified before or after publication, the procedures recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will be followed.

Ethical oversight: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research adopts the international ethical standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics for the publication of research and studies involving vulnerable groups and individuals. Accordingly, ethical oversight includes, but is not limited to, permission to publish, publication involving vulnerable populations, ethical conduct of research using animals, ethical conduct of research involving human participants, handling of confidential data, and ethical business/marketing practices.

Privacy Statement: In Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research, authors’ names and email addresses will be used only for the stated purposes of the journal. Author information will not be used for any other purpose.

20. Ethics Committee Approval Certificate: In qualitative or quantitative studies that require data collection from participants through surveys, interviews, focus groups, observation, experiments, or interview techniques, ethics committee approval must be obtained. This document should be submitted to the editorial board during manuscript submission. To determine whether a study requires ethics committee approval, the following questions provided by TR Index regarding situations in which ethics committee approval is or is not required may be considered:

1. Will your study involve human participants, with or without their knowledge or consent at the time?
2. Will people, animals, materials, or data be used for experimental or other scientific purposes?
3. Will your study pose any risk of physical or psychological harm to any person, whether a participant or not?
4. Will you have access to personal information and/or data that enable individuals to be identified, or to confidential company information?
5. Does your work constitute a significant risk to the environment or society?
6. Are there any ethical issues raised by your work that require further ethical review?

If you have answered “yes” to any of the above questions, you will be required to obtain an “Ethics Committee Approval Document.”

21. Publisher’s Responsibilities: The owner of Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research is Nazmi Kozak. The journal has two Editors-in-Chief, three area editors, one assistant editor, six section editors, and one virtual publication manager. In addition, there are 104 editorial board members who contribute to the evaluation of articles submitted to the journal.

Editorial board members are evaluated annually based on their performance, and low-performing members are replaced by new members. The owner of the journal, Nazmi Kozak, is responsible for the publication and promotion of the journal and for protecting the intellectual property rights of the authors.

Articles and section papers published in the journal may be shared, copied, and distributed in any medium or format, provided that appropriate attribution is given. However, articles and papers published in Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research may not be used for commercial purposes, and the content may not be subjected to legal or technological measures that restrict the rights of others to use it within the limits permitted by the license.

The initial versions of articles submitted by authors, any modified or revised versions produced during the review process, and the final published versions may be archived by the authors in environments of their choice.

22. Protection of Personal Data: The editors of Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research are responsible for ensuring the protection of data concerning participants or visual materials included in articles, regardless of whether the articles are ultimately published. The editor is responsible for rejecting an article if no document demonstrating the explicit consent of individuals featured in the work is provided. Furthermore, the editors are responsible for protecting the personal data of authors, reviewers, and readers.

23. Quality Assurance: Editors are responsible for ensuring that every article published in the journal complies with the journal’s publication policies and international standards.

24. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Editors are responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and for defending the rights of the journal and authors in the event of any infringement. In addition, editors are responsible for taking the necessary precautions to ensure that the content of published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications.

25. Correction and Retraction Procedures: Articles submitted to Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research cannot be retracted after the peer-review process has begun. Authors may retract articles that have not yet entered the review process by contacting the journal editors with a request to withdraw their article. Authors may not submit their articles to another journal for review unless the editorial board has approved the retraction request.

26. Copyright: Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research holds the publication rights to articles published in the journal. The article in question cannot be published in another journal or in another language without the written consent of the journal management.

27. Priority publication right: Manuscripts submitted to the journal will be given priority for publication in the first issue following the date of acceptance, after editor/referee evaluation, if they meet the requirements below:

Criticism, error correction, etc., concerning an article published in the journal. However, to be considered, such articles must meet the journal’s scientific/academic content, quality, and formatting requirements.

In order to encourage new and original themes in articles submitted to the journal, priority is given to climate studies; tourism and environmental studies; tourism-based multidisciplinary studies; studies focusing on the relationship between tourism and philosophy, sociology, psychology, and anthropology; culinary culture; studies exploring culinary culture; and studies on supply-demand relations in tourism.

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Article Writing

The ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-supported technologies in scientific articles submitted for publication in our journal is adopted as a fundamental principle. These tools, which facilitate human life and contribute to scientific research as technology advances, are welcomed within certain boundaries. However, the potential of AI tools to violate scientific ethical principles raises significant concerns regarding the accuracy, originality, and impartiality of information. This policy aims to provide comprehensive guidance on the responsible and transparent use of AI technologies by authors, reviewers, and editors.

1. Fundamental Principles and Responsibilities

• Human Responsibility in Article Writing Is Essential: Authors are solely and fully responsible for the content, accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of their articles. Since AI tools cannot provide the intellectual contribution, accountability, or ability to validate information required for authorship, their use does not exempt authors from their scientific, ethical, and intellectual responsibilities. AI tools may only be used as facilitators during the knowledge-production process.

• AI Cannot Be an Author: Under no circumstances may generative AI tools be listed as authors or co-authors of an academic article. Our journal strictly prohibits the use of AI in any manner that constitutes false authorship.

• Full Transparency Is Required: If AI tools are used at any stage of the article creation process, such use must be clearly, transparently, and comprehensively disclosed.

• Privacy First: Editors and reviewers must not upload unpublished articles or related materials to AI tools in order to protect confidentiality and intellectual property rights during the review process.

2. Classification of AI Use and Author Responsibilities

Authors must comply with the following principles when using AI tools:

2.1. Supportive AI Use (Disclosure in the Article Not Mandatory):

• Tools used solely for grammar, spelling, punctuation, general fluency, or textual improvement (e.g., language-checking software) are considered supportive AI tools. Disclosure in the article is not mandatory; however, authors are required to declare such use during article submission. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy and academic integrity of their work at all times.

2.2. Generative AI Use (Disclosure Mandatory):

• If AI tools are used to directly create, synthesize, transform, or make a significant contribution to the production of text, visuals, summaries, references, or other academic content, this constitutes generative AI use and must be disclosed in detail.

• Disclosure Details: Authors must specify the name and, where applicable, version of the AI tool used, its purpose, how it was used, and the sections of the article in which it was employed (e.g., drafting the abstract, summarizing literature, generating visuals). This information should be clearly stated in the relevant section of the article, typically in the Methods or Acknowledgements section.

• Human Oversight and Verification: Publishing content generated by generative AI tools without human oversight may result in ethical violations. AI-generated information may contain inaccuracies, bias, or hallucinations. Therefore, all information produced by AI must be thoroughly reviewed, verified for accuracy and consistency, and revised as necessary to maintain scientific integrity.

• Accuracy of References and Citations: Fabricated, unverifiable, or non-existent references generated by AI tools are strictly prohibited. All cited sources must be verifiable, accurately referenced in accordance with academic standards, and approved by the author(s). AI tools themselves should not be cited as original academic sources.

• Use of Visuals and Figures: AI-generated or AI-modified images, figures, and artworks are prohibited unless they form part of the research design or methodology (e.g., AI-supported imaging studies). Conceptual diagrams, data visualizations, illustrations, or representative images generated by AI must accurately reflect the author’s understanding and must not distort or misrepresent complex ideas. The name, version (if applicable), and developer of the AI tool used must be specified.

3. Prohibited Uses

The following uses are considered inappropriate or prohibited under our AI policy:

• Core Content Creation: Direct use of AI to create major sections of a scientific article, such as the abstract, introduction, literature review, discussion, or conclusion. AI-generated content may serve only as a draft or suggestion and must be thoroughly reviewed, revised, and improved by the author(s) to ensure academic rigor and originality.

• Production and Interpretation of Research Results: The use of AI tools to produce, report, or interpret research findings. Responsibility for the accuracy, scope, and validity of data analysis and interpretation rests entirely with the author(s).

• Academic Writing and Argumentation: The development of core arguments, theoretical contributions, and the main thesis of the article must remain the responsibility of the author(s). AI may serve only as a complementary assistant in the writing process and cannot replace the author’s critical reasoning or original academic contribution.

4. AI Use Policies for Editors and Reviewers

• Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Responsibility: Editors and reviewers must not upload unpublished articles, related files, images, or associated information to AI tools, as doing so may compromise confidentiality and intellectual property rights. The use of AI in preparing peer-review reports is also prohibited, as it may breach confidentiality.

• Use of AI in Editorial and Review Processes: Editors may use AI tools only for specific editorial workflow functions (e.g., initial suitability screening or reviewer selection) with the explicit approval of journal management. Such use must be transparently communicated to authors. Reviewers must conduct their evaluations using their own expertise, critical thinking, and independent judgment.

• Handling Suspected Misuse: In cases of uncertainty or concern regarding the use of AI, editors and reviewers should communicate transparently with the authors and may request supporting evidence where appropriate. Suspected undisclosed or inappropriate AI use must be formally referred to journal management for investigation.

5. Procedures for Policy Violations

Failure to comply with this policy, including undisclosed or improper use of AI, may result in the following:

• Rejection of the article during the review process.
• Retraction of the article or the issuance of an official correction if a violation is discovered after publication.
• Repeated or serious violations may result in the rejection of future submissions by the author(s).

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors are deemed to have accepted these terms and are responsible for providing the necessary explanations and evidence when requested. The journal’s technical team checks submitted articles for similarity and examines the extent of AI use. Based on the level and nature of AI use, the editorial board may reject the article or request revisions.

AI Use Declaration Form

Article Title: ……………………………………………………………………………

Author(s): …………………………………………………………………………………

1. Use of AI in the Article Process

☐ No AI tools were used.
☐ Only supportive tools (e.g., grammar/spell checking) were used. (Please complete the table below.)
☐ Generative AI tools were used. (Please complete the table below.)

Supportive Tools / Generative Tools

AI Tool Used:
Section of Article Used:
Purpose of Use:

2. Declaration and Responsibility

The undersigned author(s) hereby declare that AI tools were used in this study solely within the ethical framework outlined in Anatolia: Journal of Tourism Research’s “Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Article Writing.” All assistance received from AI was evaluated under human supervision, and the accuracy, originality, and scientific integrity of the content have been ensured by the author(s). The author(s) accept full scientific, ethical, and intellectual responsibility for the entire article, including any parts that contain AI contributions.

Author Signature (To be completed by all authors)